(24 Jan 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico – 21 January 2025
1. Various aerials of trucks crossing Mexico-U.S. border bridge over Rio Grande ++MUTE++ ++COVERING SHOT TWO++
2. Various of trucks crossing bridge
3 Thor Salayandia, head of Mexico’s Border Business Association, in his office
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Thor Salayandia, head of Mexico’s Border Business Association:
"Our disadvantage here at the border (with the U.S.), in all border cities, is that 60% of formal employment is in the maquiladora industry. So, if tomorrow the maquiladora industry leaves because of the tariffs, because it is no longer profitable to operate on the Mexican side of the border, they are going to leave."
5. Salayandia’s metal parts factory ++PART COVERING SHOT 4++
6. Close of sign reading (Spanish) "Milling centers" ++PART COVERING SHOT 4++
7. Various of worker making piece ++PART COVERING SHOT 4++
8. Various of workers leaving maquiladora ++PART COVERING SHOT 4++
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico – 19 January 2025
9. Street vendor Ángel Paiz, 62, peeling fruits by his stand ++PART COVERING SHOT 10++
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ángel Paiz, street vendor:
"There’s plenty of work here. If they close the border, it will be bad for him (Donald Trump) too, because Mexicans are the ones who actually work (in the U.S.). The Americans don’t work."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico – 19 January 2025
11. Line of vehicles; sign reading (English/Spanish) "Welcome to the United States"
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico – 22 January 2025
12. Mexican and U.S. flags flying
STORYLINE:
Some residents and business leaders in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez have reacted to threats by U.S. President Donald Trump of tariffs on Mexican imports.
On Thursday, Trump said he planned to tariff Canada and Mexico at 25% rates starting as soon as Feb. 1.
In Ciudad Juarez, a city that’s located over the border from El Paso, Texas, many workers are employed in maquiladoras.
The maquiladoras make various products that are exported to U.S. companies and are largely duty free and tariff-free.
Some workers in Ciudad Juarez seemed unfazed by Trump’s threats when they were asked about them by The Associated Press.
Trump has also vowed to carry out mass deportations and declared an emergency on the U.S. southern border — a measure business leaders also see with concern.
Increased security could slow down traffic at the border and affect exports, said Thor Salayandia, who presides over Mexico’s Border Business Association.
Founded last year, the association groups companies along the Mexican side of the border.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested in November that Mexico could retaliate with tariffs of its own.
AP Video by Martín Silva Rey
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